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pla update: Issue 14, September 28, 2023

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PLA Update, Issue 14, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

, China's Ministry of National Defense hosted the third China-Africa Peace and Security Forum . Over 100 defense ministers or senior representatives of the African Union and nearly 50 African ... and global security. PLA Army The PLA Army carried out bilateral exercises with Singapore and Thailand and partnered with Cambodia in a multilateral exercise conducted under the auspices ... . Multinational participants at Pure Homeland 2023 are briefed on PRC mine clearance and disposal equipment. Source: China Military Online . From mid-August to early September

James Baney Wins CNA's Phil E. Depoy Award for Analytical Excellence

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CNA annually awards the Phil E. DePoy Award for Analytical Excellence to recognize an employee who has shown exceptional analytical contributions. CNA honored Principal Research Scientist Dr. James Baney as the winner for 2021.

Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security focused on grants management modernization, data and analytics modernization, and COVID-19. CNA annually awards the Phil E. DePoy Award ... profile COVID-19 pandemic response analyses for the Department of Homeland Security. “Jim is a shining example of the qualities we search for in a CNA analyst,” said CNA President and CEO Dr. Katherine ... to continuous improvement—of ourselves, of our organization, and of our government,” said Vice President and Director of CNA Safety and Security David Kaufman. Dr. Baney led an analysis that helped

ai with ai: Pet Shop Bots: BEHAVIOR

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Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, including: 0:46   : The GAO releases a more extensive report on US Federal agency use of facial recognition technology, including what purposes. 3:24   : The US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate publishes its AI and ML Strategic Plan, with an implementation plan to follow. 5:39   : Ada Lovelace Institute, AI Now Institute, and Open Government Partnership publish a global study on Algorithmic Accountability for the Public Sector, which focuses on accountability mechanisms stemming from laws and policy. 9:04   : Research from North Caroline State University shows that the benefits of autonomous vehicles will outweigh the risks, with proper regulation. 13:18   : Research section Introduction 14:24   : Researchers at the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington demonstrate that artificial agents can learn generalizable visual representation during interactive gameplay, embodied within an environment (AI2-THOR); agents demonstrated knowledge of the principles of containment, object permanence, and concepts of free space. 19:37   : Researchers at Stanford University introduce BEHAVIOR (Benchmark for Everyday Household Activities in Virtual, Interactive, and ecOlogical enviRonments), which establishes benchmarks for simulation of 100 activities that human often perform at home. 24:02   : A survey examines the dynamics of research communities and AI benchmarks, suggesting that hybrid, multi-institution, and persevering communities are the ones more likely to improve state-of-the-art performance, among other things. 28:54   : Springer-Verlag makes Representation Learning for Natural Language Processing available online. 32:09   : Terry Sejnowski and Stephen Wolfram publish a three-hour discussion on AI and other topics.

4-42 Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, including: 0:46   : The GAO releases a more extensive report on US Federal agency use of facial recognition technology, including what purposes. 3:24   : The US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate publishes its AI and ML Strategic Plan, with an implementation plan to follow. 5:39   : Ada ... . OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) S&T DIRECTORATE RELEASES AI AND ML STRATEGIC PLAN Report FIRST GLOBAL STUDY THAT ANALYZES ALGORITHMIC ACCOUNTABILITY POLICY FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR Executive

ai with ai: Beauty Is in the AI of the Perceiver

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Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news, including an upgraded version of OpenAI’s CoPilot, called, Codex, which can not only complete code but creates it as well (based on natural language inputs from its users). The National Science Foundation is providing $220 million in grants to 11 new National AI Research Institutes (including two fully funded by the NSF). A new DARPA program seeks to explore how AI systems can share their experiences with each other, in Shared-Experience Lifelong Learning (ShELL). The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs introduces two AI-related bills: the AI Training Act (to establish a training program to educate the federal acquisition workforce), and the Deepfake Task Force Act (to task DHS to produce a coordinated plan on how a “digital content provenance” standard might assist with decreasing the spread of deepfakes). And the Inspectors General of the NSA and DoD partner to conduct a joint evaluation of NSA’s integration of AI into signals intelligence efforts. In research, DeepMind creates the Perceiver IO architecture, which works across a wide variety of input and output spaces, challenging the idea that different kinds of data need different neural network architectures. DeepMind also publishes PonderNet, which learns to adapt the amount of computation based on the complexity of the problem (rather than the size of the inputs). Research from MIT uses the corpus of US patents to predict the rate of technological improvements for all technologies. The European Parliamentary Research Service publishes a report on Innovative Technologies Shaping the 2040 Battlefield. Quanta Magazine publishes an interview with Melanie Mitchell, which includes a deeper discussion on her research in analogies. And Springer-Verlag makes available for free An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI (by Christoph Bartneck, Christoph Lütge, Alan Wagner, and Sean Welsh).

seeks to explore how AI systems can share their experiences with each other, in Shared-Experience Lifelong Learning (ShELL). The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs introduces ... Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Advances Two AI Bills Deepfake Task Force Act/Text Washington Post: Summary of issues AI Training Act/text Research Perceiver

Cherie Rosenblum

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Cherie Rosenblum is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and serves as the Executive Director of the CNA Military Advisory Board.

as the executive director of the CNA Military Advisory Board. As vice president, she leads corporate initiatives across CNA and works to expand our presence in the homeland defense and national security ... community. The CNA Military Advisory Board, which Rosenblum manages, is a group of senior flag and general officers who examine emerging international security threats, in partnership with CNA analysts. This work has expanded both national and global understanding of the connections between the operating environment and national security. Since 2015, Rosenblum has also supported CNA wargamers

Dave Johnson and Peter Neffenger Join CNA's Board of Trustees

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CNA President and CEO Katherine McGrady today announced that Vice Admiral David Johnson, USN (Ret.), and Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger, USCG (Ret.), are joining the CNA Board of Trustees.

in Business  Management from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor’s from Baldwin Wallace University. He is a two-time recipient of the Department of Homeland Security’s Distinguished Service Medal ... by President Obama to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a position he held until January 2017. Prior to this, he distinguished himself in a 34-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard, where he ... dedication to doing work that supports the safety and security of the nation.’” VADM Johnson holds a naval engineering degree and a master’s in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute

Countering Domestic Violent Extremism

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Domestic violent extremism (DVE) is a pressing concern for defense and national security policy-makers. In order to define the issue, place DVE in historical context, and suggest steps to address the problem, CNA’s National Security Seminar convened three of its experts for a discussion titled “Countering DVE: Drivers, Challenges, and What Comes Next.”

target ideas rather than violence or calls to violence could unintentionally perpetuate narratives of ideological persecution.  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently identified REMVE ... Countering Domestic Violent Extremism Countering Domestic Violent Extremism Domestic violent extremism (DVE) is a pressing concern for defense and national security policy-makers. In order to define the issue, place DVE in historical context, and suggest steps to address the problem, CNA’s National Security Seminar convened three of its experts for a discussion titled “Countering DVE: Drivers

Mark Robertson

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positions in government, including with the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Energy, and Department of Justice.  At the Department of Homeland Security, he served as Associate General

BTAM: The Interagency Approach

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In 2024, the US Secret Service published a Behavioral Threat Assessment Unit guide to aid communities seeking to prevent terrorism and targeted violence.

, a hospital outside of Wood County, Ohio Homeland Security, and the Ohio Department of Health. At the national level, partners include the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Sandy Hook Promise

National Security and Assured US Electrical Power

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This document presents the wide-ranging views of an advisory group of retired flag and general officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps on the subject of national security and assured U.S. electrical power. Since 2006, this advisory group, referred to as CNA's Military Advisory Board (MAB), has examined the linkages between climate, energy, and national security, and has brought its vast operational, tactical, and strategic experience and perspective to domestic and international discussions. Past MAB reports include National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security, Ensuring America’s Freedom of Movement: A National Security Imperative to Reduce U.S. Oil Dependence, and the CNA MAB’s most recent work, National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change.

National Security and Assured US Electrical Power National Security and Assured U.S. Electrical Power This document presents the wide-ranging views of an advisory group of retired flag and general officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps on the subject of national security and assured U.S. electrical power. Since 2006, this advisory group, referred to as CNA's Military Advisory Board (MAB), has examined the linkages between climate, energy, and national security, and has brought its vast operational, tactical, and strategic experience and perspective to domestic